Albums:
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me

Those two are the masterpieces... here are the rest:
Bird and the Bee - Interpreting The Masters
Ray LaMontagne - God Willin & The Creek Don't Rise
Sufjian Stevens - The Age of Adz
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
Johnny Cash - American IV: Ain't No Grave
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
Gil Scott Heron - I'm New Here

Up there high:
Bettye Lavette - Interpretations
Girl Talk - All Day
Dawes - Dawes.

Singles:
These babies defined the airwaves this year:
Califoria Gurls - Katy Perry
Runaway - Kanye West
Fuck You -Cee Lo Green
King Of Anything - Sara Bareilles

Box Set/Reissue:
Hard to beat the Springsteen thing... amazing. But when am I going to watch/listen/read it all?

Disappointment:
That only Kanye is trying to be the greatest of all time. A bunch of bands hit the wall this year with lack of ambition. Even the Arcade Fire CD doesn't try hard enough (and it still made my top ten!)